Eighth Grade Week 23: February 19-23, 2024

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Math  - Chapter 9 of Elementary Algebra

Please come ask me if you don't understand something she taught you or have other questions.  

Chapter 9 Test retake

Chapter 10 Lesson 1.  Watch video and then do Set 1 and Set 2 

Chapter 10 Lesson 2.  Watch video and then do Set 1 and Set 2 

Chapter 10 Lesson 3.  Watch video and then do Set 1 and Set 2

Religion & Bible History 

• Read Faith & Life Chapter 20 
• Read Mark 11:27-12:12 and the corresponding pages in Heaven's Roar.
• Read Mother Teresa's Lessons of Love pages 34-44

Language Arts 

Literature- How to Kill a Mockingbird

1. This week you will read chapters 1-5.
2. After you read, answer the following questions:

1. Who was Simon Finch? Why does the narrator take the time to describe her family’s history in Alabama?
2. Who is telling the story? Why is the point of view important in the telling?
3. What about the Radleys make them unusual in Maycomb?
4. What are some of the clues regarding the racism in Maycomb?
5. Describe Scout’s complicated relationship with Calpurnia.
6. What word would you use describe Miss Caroline’s first day as a teacher? Use details from the reading to support your choice.
7. Why won’t Walter Cunningham allow the teacher to buy him lunch? What can be said about his character?
8. Why do you think Scout and Jem call their father by his first name?
9. What does Scout think of school? Do you agree with her views?
10. Why do you think Jem and Dill are so determined to see Boo Radley?
11. If racism and sexism were not an issue, would you want to grow up in small town like the one described in the novel?
12. What do you think is the truth about Arthur Radley?
13. Lee starts the book with a quote: “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” What might be the importance of this quote?
14. Find the Chapter 1 excerpt that begins with, “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather…” How does Lee use her words to create a mood?
15. Lee often uses humor in the telling of To Kill a Mockingbird. Explain one example of Lee’s humor from the reading.
16. How do people talk in Maycomb? Find three examples to share and explain.

Windows to the World

1.Read pages 61-63 on Introductions and Conclusion.

2. Do the activity on page 64, writing an analytical essay on how Richard Connell builds suspense in “The Most Dangerous Game.” Select two techniques and describe how they create suspense and how the suspense affects readers. For this week, do steps 1-5 on page 64 which do not include writing the actual essay. Use one of the graphic organizers on pages 65-67. At the end of the week you should have an introduction and conclusion, outline and quotes chosen. You can write the actual essay next week.

English From the Roots Up 

• Learn the three new roots for this week - sol, luna, dia
• List as many extra words that fit the new roots as you can on a piece of paper.
• Study the roots throughout the week.  

Modern World History 

• Read The Century for Young People Chapter 7 pages 125-139
• Watch about Ghandi and the Indian Nationalist Movement
• Watch this video on the Cold War and Asia - the Korean War
• Watch about McCarthyism here

World Geography

Do the work for Geography and Cultures of Southeast Asia

WA State History

**Read All Creatures Great and Small chapters 64-66 this week.

1. Read Chapter 4 on Native Americans, pages 53-68. Do the chapter review activities on page 68 #2.
2. Watch this video on the people of the Northwest Coast.